Quotes about Recognition

Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.

There is far too great a disproportion between what one is and what others think one is, or at least what they say they think one is.

It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood.

Success went fizzily to Bernard's head, and in the process completely reconciled him (as any good intoxicant should do) to a world which, up till then, he had found very unsatisfactory. In so far as it recognized him as important, the order of things was good.

Mary looked at the picture for some time without saying anything. Indeed, she didn't know what to say; she was taken aback, she was at a loss. She had expected a cubist masterpiece, and here was a picture of a man and a horse, not only recognisable as such, but even aggressively in drawing.

Don't call us saints, we don't want to be dismissed that easily.

Dutch evangelist Corrie ten Boom said, "It's a poor soldier indeed who does not recognize the enemy." The key to victory in both natural and spiritual warfare is to clearly identify the enemy, and to understand his character and methods.

I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.